UB don offers answers to Dow's many questions
Friday, January 27, 2017
Weighing in: Bulawa has suggested answers to Dow's questions PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE
More voices are weighing in to the public debate on the recent shocking JCE examinations in which 66% of learners were graded D, E and worse.
UB senior education lecturer, Dr Philip Bulawa says studies have previously been undertaken on the factors behind poor performance by the students in public schools. “All we need to do is retrieve such information and determine what would help us make an improvement,” Bulawa asserts.
That a single private law firm pocketed P6.5 million for just four cases, out of a total P11.1 million paid for 25 matters, reeks of a system that was not merely disorganised but open to abuse.Bayford has taken a welcome first step by telling the Public Accounts Committee the truth. Now he must act decisively to ensure it never happens again and that any money lost to wrongdoing is recovered.The figures are staggering. Whilst ordinary Batswana...